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… provide a friendly habitat for wildlife like songbirds, butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds at our ‘Ask A Master …

… to try to maintain a healthy lawn. Turfgrasses are not native to Maryland.  The University of Maryland conducts … point.   Weeds are normal and to be expected.  Weeds are plants out of place. It is normal for plants to show up by … portion (or all) of your lawn with a garden consisting of native vegetation that provides food and shelter for …

… for upcoming seed shares.   Wait on pruning perennial plants until late next spring. Certain bees and other … leaving their egg masses be, and planting a diversity of native plants.    Scoliid wasp adults (also known as digger … beneficial predators (do not target and kill non-native mantid species). Support these predators by leaving …

… Trees in Maryland  | MD Department of Natural Resources  Tree ID Keys  | Virginia Tech (PDF)  Invasive Plants and …

… Great for meadows, damp woods. Vibrant violet flower. Not deer resistant. Perennial Sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis … by underground runners- good groundcover, but will range. Deer resistant. Perennial Golden ragwort Packera aurea S, PS, …

… that rely on one another. Nutrient cycling is when soil nutrients are taken up by plants, insects eat plants, and then those nutrients are reintroduced into the soil when dead insects and droppings are broken back down … accumulate everywhere. They also help create soil texture and circulate nutrients back into the soil, which …